How much can a candidate spend?
The spending limit is €750,000 per candidate. If a candidate is elected, or gets more than 25% of the quota in the election, they can be reimbursed up to €200,000 from the State. Each candidate’s election agent must tell the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) how much the candidate spent.

There are also strict limits on the value of donations to candidates and each candidate’s election agent must report details of donations to SIPO.

SIPO publishes guidelines in advance of a presidential election. To ensure compliance with the guidelines and the legislation, SIPO carries out spot-checks on the statements from election agents. It then publishes a report on the presidential election.

What’s Seanie “can I be president now?” done in the last seven years? Last time out he said he’d learn Irish. I’m willing to bet he hasn’t even done that much.

They’re trying to have a go over the cash at the President’s disposal without having the self awareness to point out the waste of money this election is. Not a decent challenger in the bunch. MDH is like Dublin in the Leinster championship.